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Melissa Keogh

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Gluttony Hosts East End Food And Wine Festival

*+-The Adelaide Fringe may be all about celebrating diverse art, performances and colourful personalities, but Gluttony hasn’t missed the importance of pairing this with good food and wine. Popular Adelaide Fringe venue Gluttony will host the East End Food and Wine Festival, which showcases some of South Australia’s and Australia’s finest wines. 50 different drops […]

Chloë Sevigny For Opening Ceremony Releases AW13

*+-Long gone are stale runways in which models glide down like sloths in time to hegemonic catwalk beats. At long last we’ve got some individual attitude and you can thank Chloë Sevigny for that. The American actress come one of NYC’s serious style icons has launched her newest lookbook for label Opening Ceremony, in which […]

Adelaide Writers’ Week: Full Program Released

*+-Famous American author Ernest Hemingway said, “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” Well then, authors, journalists, poets, and those for an appreciation of the written word; get out your typewriters and start spilling that vocabulary because the Adelaide Writer’s Week 2013 program has been released. […]

Rip It Up’s Festival Fashion Guide: The Girls

*+-We’ve seen it consistently at Parklife and Summadayze, but it’s time to cut the short shorts cord. The bikini top under the singlet tucked into the high waisted denim cut-offs. You get the idea. Because there are some things that go hand in hand with music festivals, and like sunburn, the bum cheek peeking out from […]

Big Day Out Releases Adelaide Chow Town Line-Up

*+-We know music festivals are typically about, well, the music, but you seriously can’t fist pump or crowd surf on an empty stomach. Chow Town to the rescue. The Chow Town concept, initiated by “culinary outlaws” Ben Milgate and Elvis Abrahanowicz of Sydney restaurants Porteno and Bodega, will consist of a hub of pop-up mini restaurants […]

Regional And Seasonal Launches At The Central Market

*+-Sydneysiders have the Harbour Bridge and Alice Springs has Uluru but South Aussies have definitely got the good food. The team at Rip It Up were lucky enough to taste some of South Australia’s finest local produce at the launch of the Regional and Seasonal Food program at the Adelaide Central Market today. Verdict? We now […]

Sunday Portrait Sessions with Peta Alannah Chigwidden

*+-We all have that someone who is particularly difficult to buy gifts for. Well pencil them in for a sketch date with the talented Peta Alannah Chigwidden. The talented artist charges $40 for a portrait of which you or a friend can be painted or you just sit and watch the creativity unfold. Cheek muscles won’t […]

Big Day Out 2013 Announces Local Line-up And Schedule Times

*+-Hold onto your festival shorts people, Adelaide’s Big Day Out 2013 timetable has been released, along with the set of local bands and artists hitting our stages. Along with the stellar lineup of headlining acts including Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Killers and Yeah Yeah Yeahs are local artists including The Beards, The Killgirls, Gemini Downs and Triple J […]

Coldplay: Mylo Xyloto Live 2012

*+-Elephant costumes, guitar smashing, neon lights and emotional crowd sing-alongs – it must be Coldplay live. If you weren’t lucky enough to flock interstate to see this British rock powerhouse last week, Coldplay’s concert film and live album, Coldplay Live 2012 is the next best thing. The film gives a colourful insight into the highly anticipated […]

Liza Emanuele Pop-Up Clearance Store

*+-Adelaide It-girl designer, Liza Emanuele is launching a pop up clearance store in Regent Arcade.